Term 2 Week 9 - 18th June 2021

Yesterday was a special occasion for our Year 11 students and their families, as we acknowledged and celebrated their academic success at an awards ceremony. 

At the end of the ceremony, we took a moment of gratitude for the network of support that surrounds each of our students. We gave thanks to families and to teachers. It is with dedication and commitment to these young people that they will continue to grow and learn throughout the HSC journey. 

My sincere thanks to Mrs Kellie Croft for her organisation of the ceremony. To Charlie Ross and Luke Banks who led us in the Acknowledgement of Country and to Jayde Attkins and Harry Freudenstein who led us in saying the College Prayer, thank you.

This year there was an extraordinary amount of Application Awards (Blue) achieved. And I commend students who received an Application Award by receiving  ‘Consistently’ in any five of the six 'Approach to Learning Outcomes’.

Congratulations to the following Outstanding Application, Outstanding Achievement  and Community Service recipients:

Outstanding Achievement Award

To receive an Outstanding Achievement Award, also known as our prestigious gold award, students in Year 11 must have received Excellence and Application Awards in four or more subjects.

Alvin Benny
Leo Hunt
Samuel Kobelke
Dylan Lambert
Will McCoubrie
Sea McManus

Outstanding Application Award

To receive an Outstanding Application Award, also known as a green award, students in Year 11 must have received an Application Award in five or more subjects

Community Service Awards

Community Service Awards will also be presented. To receive this award, students must have completed 10 or more hours of community service.

Year 9 Canberra Excursion

All the best to Year 9 students and staff who are travelling to Canberra for a four-day excursion next week. This is an amazing opportunity to explore our Nations Capital city.

Students are required to be at the College by 7.00am on Monday, 21st June and will return to St Joseph’s Regional College at 5.30pm on Thursday, 24th June. 

God bless
Mr Jim Dempsey
Principal

Year 11 2022 Enrolment

The Year 11 2022 enrolment process is about to begin. Our current Year 10 students will receive their Senior Enrolment Handbook next week detailing course outline. I encourage all families to have a discussion with their child as to subject selections. Further information will be available in next week's newsletter.

Mr Tim McCosker
Assistant Principal - Curriculum & Administration

Year 10, 11 & 12 Wollotuka Insight Day

On Thursday, 10th June, 16 Year 10, 11 & 12 Indigenous students along with Mrs Tinsey, Mr Bates and Mrs Taylor attended the Newcastle University to attend a program facilitated by the Wollotuka Centre.

This unique program aims to give students the opportunity to attend the University campus and experience tours and faculty visits, where they participate in interactive workshops delivered using strength-based Indigenous pedagogy.

We all had a great day and the students came away having made invaluable connections with university staff both within faculties and the Wollotuka Centre.
It was such a pleasure to take the students down to Newcastle providing them with this wonderful opportunity.

FREE EVENT

The University of New England (UNE) is hosting a Winter Festival on Wednesday, 7th July 2021, with internationally acclaimed rapper Baker Boy, local favourites Terra Firma and a Student Fair as part of this year’s NAIDOC Week celebrations.

The Tjawanpa, UNE Winter Festival is a free community event (alcohol-free) and booking is essential.

The Winter Festival is especially relevant to Year 11 and 12 students as we will be offering residential college tours for future students and a Student Fair.

Year 8 Elective Technical Skills students are coming to the end of their elective course. In Term 1, students worked in the metal workshop learning new skills in metal to complete their dustpans. In Term 2, students worked in the timber workshop to construct a lolly dispenser.

Throughout this course, students develop practical skills with tools, materials and processes while working safely, independently and collaboratively on design projects.

Here are some of the students working on their dustpan project.

Mrs Diana Walsh
Assistant Leader of TAS

If you would like to access any of our Parent Library titles, please email Karen or Michelle at pmreg-lib@lism.catholic.edu.au to arrange a loan. Also, if you know of a title that isn't in our Parent Library collection and which would be useful, please let us know so that we can arrange a purchase.

Page Turners Book Club

Page Turners Book Club met last week for some animated discussion, sharing of ideas, and a quick poll. When asked:

Is it was a good idea to persevere with reading a book when the engagement with the story wasn't immediate, the results were:

Yes - 7; No - 3.

Here are some recommendations from those attending Book Club.

Refugee Week

Next week marks Refugee Week. Our Library contains much material about, and by, refugees. It is well-documented that the reading of fiction can increase empathy in the reader, so we hope that the titles in our small display might prompt members of our college community to consider the plight of the refugee/asylum seeker. More information can be found at https://www.refugeeweek.org.au/

Word of the Week: School Excursion

Meaning: An annual excursion organised for students. The school organises planned visits to various places to enrich students and take learning beyond the classroom.

Year 9 go to Canberra next week 21st - 24th June.

The SJRC Athletics Carnival to be held on Tuesday the 13th of July is definitely going ahead.  The only change is unfortunateluy no spectatros are allowed on site. 

Traditionally this is an excellent day of competition, participation and fingers crossed – great weather.   Students compete in Houses for the coveted CC Adams Shield.

Students may wear house colours to and from the College on Athletics Carnival Day.

The day starts immediately after PC with a rotation of six events.  Students will move through this rotation in their age groups (age they turn this year).  The events are 100m, shot putt, discus, long jump, javelin and 200m.  Lunch will be held around 12:45pm.  One of the highlights – the 100m finals and relays conclude the competition.  Presentation of Age Champions and runners-up as well as Champion House will complete the carnival. 

A fundraising sausage sizzle and drink stand will operate all day and is part of the 100m rotation.  Students have option to purchase a sausage sandwich ($2) and/or drink ($2) after their 100m race.

The top two competitors in each event will be named in the SJRC Athletics Squad to compete at the Diocesan Carnival on Thursday 12th of August 2021.  This carnival is also a selection trial for the Diocesan Athletics Squad to attend the CCC Carnival on Friday the 3rd of September which completes the school pathway.

2021 SJRC Athletics Carnival Program

This is a compulsory day for all students.  Jobs will be allocated on the day for sick or injured students – please send a note of explanation in to Mr. Cannon on Tuesday.  They earn house points for helping.

If it is raining the morning of the carnival please check our Facebook Page, Twitter feed and website for postponements.  Normal day 2 if wet.

Events to be completed before the carnival – 1500m, 800m, 400m, Triple Jump and High Jump for all ages.  Please click the link below for an updated house points score and age champion race spreadsheets following our pre-carnival events.

2021 SJRC Pre-Carnival Events, House & Age Champion Tally

Good luck to all students – participation is key to win this House Competition.

Mr. Michael Cannon
Leader of Sport

15th June 2021

The annual SJRC Athletics Carnival will be held on Tuesday 13th July (Term 3 Week 1).  Due to the size of our College, we are unable to run all events on carnival day.  For that reason some of the events are run at the end of Term 2 – they are listed below.  All high jump events require parents to provide permission on the official form.  All events are optional.  Points accumulated will count towards age champion tallies.

All Year 7 & 8 students will be provided with Fosbury Flop (high jump) tuition during sport classes so they are prepared for their high jump event if they choose to enter.

2021 SJRC High Jump Permission Form

Pre-Carnival Events

Term 2

Week 8
Thur 10th Jun - Athletics 1500m All Ages (Oval - lunch)
Fri 11th Jun - Athletics 800m All Ages (Oval - lunch)

Week 9
Mon 14th Jun - Queens B'day Public Holiday
Tue 15th Jun - Athletics Triple Jump All Ages (Oval - lunch)
Wed 16th Jun - Athletics 400m All Ages (Oval - lunch)
Thur 17th Jun - Athletics 16s High Jump (Hall - lunch)
Fri 18th Jun - Athletics 15s High Jump (Hall - lunch)

Week 10
Mon 21st-Thur 24th Jun - Yr 9 Canberra Excursion
Tue 22nd Jun - Athletics 13s High Jump (Hall - lunch)
Wed 23rd Jun - Athletics 17+ High Jump (Hall - lunch)
Thur 24th Jun - Athletics 12s High Jump (Hall - lunch)
Thur 24th Jun - 14 Boys Cochrane Cup Rugby League Gala Day @ Port Macq
Fri 25th Jun - Athletics 14s High Jump (Hall - lunch)

Term 3

Week 1
Mon 12th Jul - Pupil Free Day
Tue 13th Jul - SJRC Athletics Carnival

Week 5
Thur 12th Aug - Diocesan Athletics @Coffs Harbour

To qualify for the SJRC Athletics Squad, students need to finish in the top 2 of each event.  More information regarding this year's carnival will be out before the end of term.

Mr Michael Cannon
Leader of Sport

12th May 2021

The pre-canival athletics events got underway last week. 

• 1500m - complete
• 800m - complete
• 400m - complete
• Triple Jump - complete
• High Jump - complete

For an updated tally of events please see the table below and for age champion tally and house points please click the links below.

10th June: Congratulations to Keira Donovan (Yr 7) who broke the SJRC 13 Girls 1500m record with a time of 5min 35.67s.  The old record was held by Madi Roberts (5min 36.76s) and has stood since 2007. 

22nd June: Congratulations to Grace Smith (Yr 8) who broke the SJRC 13 Girls High Jump record today clearing a height of 1.45m.  The old record was held by Eliza Smith (Grace's sister 1.44m) and has stood since 2019.

House Points Update:

Results Sheets:

2021 Girls Age Champion Race & House Points

2021 Boys Age Champion Race & House Points

Michael Cannon
Leader of Sport

15th June 2021

The U/13 and U/15 rugby league teams will both progress to the next round of the state wide Country Cup competition after winning the local region in Week 7. It was a very competitive day of football and both groups showed great commitment to their team and pride in the College to be successful.

15s Team
The U/15’s are to be commended on the way they combined as a unit. They played 4 physical games on the day which meant that many were sore and bruised. However, they maintained strong defense and ran with determination. In their pool they defeated St Paul’s Kempsey 16- 6, Hastings Secondary College 20- 8 and Camden Haven High 18-6. In the final against Macksville High the SJRC U/ 15 not only won a tough game but hopefully  gained some lessons about  how to play sport and life. Over the 4 games the team only conceded 4 tries which illustrates the way they worked together and the pride they showed in their team and school. It was the extra level of class and skill that enabled the victories particularly with some surging runs and impressive passing that created opportunities to score out wide.

Whilst it was definitely a team effort special mention goes out to

Kayden Jones Moore, Jack Alchin, Clay Atkins, Colbi Hunt, Eli Davies and Riley Bugden.
Hopefully both teams will be able to show similar qualities when they play the winners of the Coffs and Taree regions in the Mid North Coast final in Week 9.

Stop Press: (17th June 2021)

Congratulations to the 15 Boys who won the Regional Final today and now progress to the Northern State Final on the 28th July in Coffs Harbour.  Full report to come.

Mr Gerard toohey & Mr John Sprague
Coaches

9th June 2021

Our College canteen is in need of volunteers. If you are able to spare an hour or so of your time, we would love for you to join us. Please contact Donna Hamlin through the College Office on 5525 4100 to arrange.

Weekly Lunch Specials

The Canteen opens at 8.00am every school day.

Ms Donna Hamlin
Food Services Manager

The St Agnes' Uniform Store is open from:

Monday to Friday - 12 noon-5.00pm
Saturday - 9.00am-12 noon

 6 Boronia Street, Port Macquarie

Items in short supply at the St Agnes' Parish Uniform Store

We have been informed that the SAPPS sports socks are in low supply at the Uniform Store.

If your child requires new socks and you are unable to purchase them, please write a note in your child's diary explaining this. Plain white sports socks can be worn in the interim.

JHI offering Short Courses

Interested in working with people in need of care and prefer to work hands-on?

If you want to learn the skills involved in this type of role, JHI is running a number of nationally recognised short courses in June 2021 through which you gain the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to take on person-centred support roles.

View the available courses and express your interest here: Courses – John Henry Institute